Life Science

An important new study suggests that statins, the cholesterol-lowering medications that are the most prescribed drugs in the world, may block some of the fitness benefits of exercise, one of the surest ways to improve health.

The H7N9 virus appears under control in China largely through restrictions at bird markets, but it caused $6.5 billion in losses, United Nations experts said Tuesday.

The administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has consented to replace light fixtures containing the toxic substance in hundreds of schools by 2016, rather than 2021.

The law made the procedure illegal if performed about 18 weeks after fertilization, earlier than the time recognized by Supreme Court precedents.

Officials in Guangzhou said that nearly half of all rice tested at restaurants this year contained unsafe levels of the toxic metal.

An extract from the gallbladder of bears is believed to have medicinal benefits, but animal welfare advocates aim to convince Chinese consumers of the barbarity of bile farming.

Your best bet for surviving a tornado like the one that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma is with a tested storm shelter.

Men see women with high stress hormones as less attractive.

Sons of neglectful male mice were worse fathers themselves.

Velcro, a popular brand of hook-and-loop binding, was inspired by burrs that stuck to clothing and fur. NASA did not invent it, but the space agency helped popularize it.